| Occurrence | native | ||
| Importance | Ref. | ||
| Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
| Regulations | Ref. | ||
| Freshwater | Yes | ||
| Brackish | No | ||
| Saltwater | No | ||
| Live export | |||
| Bait | No | ||
| Gamefish | No | ||
| Abundance | Ref. | ||
| Comments |
Type locality of the syntypes of Polypterus bichir: 'Egypte, le Nil' (Ref. 43537). Polypterus bichir bichir is known from Nile River (Ref. 1878, 43535, 43537), including Nile Delta (Ref. 31439, 43033) and Lake Nasser (Ref. 43434). |
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| States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
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| Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html | ||